Word: symbolically
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...monarch by virtue of her strength, energy and stubbornness. Although her effect on the household is subtle, her presence is constantly felt, her power never doubted. From her family, she commands an unlikely mix of fear, respect and sincere love. And as family matriarcl., Lil Krauss becomes the symbol of female dominance throughout Joan Chase's first novel. During the Reign of the Queen of Persia...
...telephone giant will have to change the name of its American Bell subsidiary, which was formed a year ago to offer a full line of communications products. Apparently anticipating the loss of at least the Bell logo, AT&T has been using a globe, rather than the traditional telephone symbol, in American Bell advertisements since January. Though the company has 60 days to appeal the rulings, it seems resigned to living with them. Said an A T & T spokesman: "The order to drop the Bell name is the most troublesome part, but there is nothing we can do about...
...been well spent. In the months ahead, it will gradually be boosted to 800 GeV and perhaps by next year to a trillion electron volts (TeV). At full operating power, the device will not only live up to its name, Tevatron (from the Greek teras, or monster, a scientific symbol for a trillion), but will also put the U.S. back in the forefront of high-energy physics. Says Fermilab Director Leon Lederman: "The Tevatron is a leapfrog. If we hadn't done it, our program would have been seriously compromised...
...Franciscan convent at St. Martin's Church in Warsaw's Old Town has become an important symbol of the controversy between the Roman Catholic church and the Polish government. It serves as headquarters for the Primate's Committee for Relief to the Families of Those Deprived of Liberty, an organization that provides food, medical assistance and legal advice to those who have been imprisoned or detained by Poland's military government and to their families. In the regime's eyes, the St. Martin's relief committee, which is currently made up of about...
...that smells strongly of salt water and money, the yachtsman's favorite aromas. Seven small navies have arrived from five stubborn countries, the largest assault force in 132 years, and are fighting it out among themselves for the right to challenge for the America's Cup, a symbol of U.S. ingenuity, or treachery, or both, that is bolted snugly, smugly, or both, to a heavy oak slab in the West 44th Street rumpus room of the New York Yacht Club...